Africa Mauritius Genre Statistics 2025 still show men dominate the economy and retain most of the political power, but show increasing weaknesses in education, health and certain social behaviors
Africa Tunisia Staff from state-owned public transport firm Transtu have demonstrated outside the prime minister's office yesterday; the strike, called by UGTT union, reportedly froze "the majority" of transport services across the capital of almost three million people
Europe Netherlands An extreme right-wing group calling itself White Lives Matter has claimed responsibility for projecting racist slogans on the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam during the New Year festivities
Africa Zimbabwe All lithium exports have been banned after the government said it was losing 1,7 billion euros from exporting it as a raw mineral and not processing it into batteries in-country
America Canada Restaurants and the food industry debut new takeout ware and packaging amid phase-in of federal single-use plastics ban that aims at removing many single-use plastics from the market gradually until 2025
Africa Eritrea Eritrean troops are slowly leaving the Tigray region; although their presence is still confirmed in many places in the north of the region, columns of soldiers have been spotted crossing the border
Asia Japan Emperor Naruhito offered prayers for people’s happiness and world peace as him and his family waved to crowds of New Year’s well-wishers from the balcony at the Imperial Palace in the celebration halted for the past two years
Africa South Africa The death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck in the town of Boksburg has risen to 34, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital; the truck was carrying gas when it got stuck under a low-lying bridge
Europe France An audience rebound of +59.2% on 2021 has been registered by the French National Cinema Centre; according to the figures released, audience numbers were three-quarters of their pre-Covid attendance numbers with 152 million admissions in 2022
Oceania Tonga Today is the last day of the Tonga Police's annual Christmas and New Year holiday operation that began on 22 December with the aim of preventing crime and ensuring public safety
Europe Norway Oslo was the only major city in the country to drop traditional fireworks displays at midnight on New Year's Eve this year after the City Council voted against funding an official display for several reasons including “to use the money on things that last
Europe Montenegro Government confirms borrowing 50 million euros from Hungarian-owned CKB bank – days after another Hungarian bank approved major loan to the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska
America Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has officially been sworn in as the country’s new president, returning after 12-year
Africa Tanzania Tanzania Revenue Authority recorded Sh2,77 trillion (€1,1 billion) in tax collections in December 2022, the highest monthly collection recorded since the authority was formed in 1996